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Saturday, January 14, 2017

Top 10 Strategy Games Of 2016

or those looking to tickle their grey
matter, and fulfil their desire for digital world domination, here are
the Top 10 Best Strategy Games Of 2016.

Homeworld: Deserts Of Kharak

Release Date: 20 January, 2016

Platform: Windows PC, Mac

Homeworld: Deserts Of Kharak is a
ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your
fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this
compelling strategy game. Crafted by Blackbird Interactive, a studio
founded by veterans of Homeworld and Company of Heroes, Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak takes players to the deserts of Kharak where danger lurks over every dune.

Battlefleet Gothic Armada

Release Date: 21 April, 2016

Platform: Windows PC

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is the RTS
videogame adaptation of Games Workshop’s classic tabletop game, pitting
the Chaos, Imperium, Eldar, and Orks against each other in visceral
space-battles.Developed with Unreal Engine 4, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
offers deep management of every ship composing the player’s fleet, both
during and between battles. From the fastest frigates to the gigantic,
miles-long battleships, the player will customize all aspects of his
ships: weaponry, defense and support sub-systems, but also crew,
captains, and more.

XCOM 2

Release Date: 4 Feb, 2016

Platform: Windows PC, PS4

XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown,
the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed.
Twenty years have passed since world leaders offered an unconditional
surrender to alien forces. XCOM, the planet’s last line of defense, was
left decimated and scattered. Now, in XCOM 2, the aliens rule
Earth, building shining cities that promise a brilliant future for
humanity on the surface, while concealing a sinister agenda and
eliminating all who dissent from their new order.
Only those who live at the edges of the world have a margin of freedom.
Here, a force gathers once again to stand up for humanity. Always on the
run, and facing impossible odds, the remnant XCOM forces must find a
way to ignite a global resistance, and eliminate the alien threat once
and for all.

Ashes Of Singularity

Release Date: 31 March, 2016

Platform: Windows PC

The year is 2178 and humanity has begun to
expand to new worlds. Now, they are confronted by a new threat called
“The Substrate” that seeks the annihilation of the entire human race. As
a rising power of the Post-Human Coalition, it is up to you to save
humanity’s future by beating back the Substrate menace.
With the unparalleled power of the world’s first native 64-bit real-time
strategy game engine, Ashes of the Singularity allows for maps of
unprecedented size and detail. Over the course of your war, you will
upgrade your technology, build orbitals, construct thousands of units
and conquer the regions of the world in an effort to annihilate all
opposition.

Civilization VI

Release Date: 20 October, 2016

Platform: Windows PC

Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, winner of 15
E3 awards including Best PC Game and Best Strategy Game, is the next
entry in the popular Civilization franchise, which has sold in over 35
million units worldwide, including more than 8 million units of
Civilization V.
Originally created by legendary game designer Sid Meier, Civilization
is a turn-based strategy game in which you attempt to build an empire
to stand the test of time. Become Ruler of the World by establishing and
leading a civilization from the Stone Age to the Information Age. Wage
war, conduct diplomacy, advance your culture, and go head-to-head with
history’s greatest leaders as you attempt to build the greatest
civilization the world has ever known.Civilization VI offers new ways to engage with your world: cities
now physically expand across the map, active research in technology and
culture unlocks new potential, and competing leaders will pursue their
own agendas based on their historical traits as you race for one of five
ways to achieve victory in the game.

Offworld Trading Company

Release Date: 28 April, 2016

Platform: Windows PC

From the lead designer of Civilization IV
comes a new kind of strategy game: Offworld Trading Company, an economic
strategy game.
Mars has been colonized and has invited you to lend a hand to make sure
the new colony has a shot at success. But you’re not the only one that’s
been invited, other business rivals are here as well and they have no
qualms about playing dirty to gain the choicest territories on the
Martian surface and driving their competitors out of business.
With space travel becoming a reality and the easy-to-reach resources on
Earth dwindling, hopeful people seeking their fortune are rushing to the
next great frontier: Mars. Rekindle humanity’s adventurous spirit by
leaving Earth behind and make a new name for yourself as a titan of
industry on the red planet.

Stellaris

Release Date: 9 May, 2016

Platform: Windows PC

Explore a vast galaxy full of wonder! Paradox Development Studio, makers of the Crusader Kings and Europa Universalis series presents Stellaris, an evolution of the grand strategy genre with space exploration at its core.
Featuring deep strategic gameplay, a rich and enormously diverse
selection of alien races and emergent storytelling, Stellaris has
engaging challenging gameplay that rewards interstellar exploration as
you traverse, discover, interact and learn more about the multitude of
species you will encounter during your travels.
Etch your name across the cosmos by forging a galactic empire;
colonizing remote planets and integrating alien civilizations. Will you
expand through war alone or walk the path of diplomacy to achieve your
goals?

Banner Saga 2

Release Date: 19 April, 2016

Platform: Windows PC, PS4, Android, iOS, Xbox One

The award-winning adventure continues in
Banner Saga 2! This epic, story-based, role-playing game continues its
emotional journey across a breaking world. Bold leadership decisions,
wise use of resources, and skillful battle tactics are vital to ensure
your viking clans make it through alive. Experience what took the indie
gaming world by storm in Banner Saga 2!
The core of the game is a single-player campaign of turn-based combat engagements inspired by games such as Final Fantasy Tactics and Shining Force, with the player controlling and being able to build up a party of characters with complementing abilities.
According to the developers, their aim was to create a “mature game for adults in the vein of Game of Thrones or The Black Company“.
They intend to engage players emotionally by allowing them to build
relationships with the game’s characters and shape the outcome of the
story through an array of conversation choices.The game eschews certain
conventions of action-oriented computer role-playing games such as the
focus on a young lone hero’s story, looting and buying items, or
reloading a saved game state after defeat. Instead, the developers
intended to tell the story of the player’s caravan as a whole, and
encourage players to accept and deal with the consequences of any
defeats they may encounter.

Hearts Of Iron 4

Release Date: 6 June, 2016

Platform: Windows PC

Victory is at your fingertips! Your
ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game
Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II;
the most engaging conflict in world history.
From the heart of the battlefield to the command center, you will guide
your nation to glory and wage war, negotiate or invade. You hold the
power to tip the very balance of WWII.
It is time to show your ability as the greatest military leader in the
world. Will you relive or change history? Will you change the fate of
the world by achieving victory at all costs?

Darkest Dungeon

Release Date: 19 Jan, 2016

Platform: Windows PC

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring.
Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes through twisted
forests, forgotten warrens, ruined crypts, and beyond. You’ll battle not
only unimaginable foes, but stress, famine, disease, and the
ever-encroaching dark. Uncover strange mysteries, and pit the heroes
against an array of fearsome monsters with an innovative strategic
turn-based combat system.